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  1. The Liturgist

    What Did You Get Last Sunday?

    Oh that’s superb that you do a midweek service - I am delighted, but not surprised - you’re literally doing everything you can, because you’ve always cared for your flock. Out of curiosity at the midweek service this week will you be repeating the Epiphany service from Sunday (albeit presumably...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    Our Lord said “Judge not, lest ye not be judged.” The writings of St. Paul say “Don’t judge other Christians on how they keep the Sabbath, or other things…” - no inconsistency whatsoever - The whole issue here is the attack of other Christians for not following Adventist interpretations...
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    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    So why do you keep ignoring the inspired writings - inspired means God-breathed, from the mouth of the Holy Spirit, like 2 Colossians 2:16, 1 Corinthians 11:2, Acts ch. 2 entire, 2 Thessalonians 2:15 and 2:37, et cetera, that challenge your position? Paradoxically, you also continue to...
  4. The Liturgist

    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    I agree. God told us to pray without ceasing, rose from the dead on the First Day, and in the person of the Holy Spirit descended on the Twelve Apostles (the eleven disciples + St. Matthias) and 200 followers in the Upper Room on Pentecost Sunday in 33 AD. So clearly Sunday worship was...
  5. The Liturgist

    What Did You Get Last Sunday?

    You’re still in a rural area, albeit a different one, right? Not one where you have access to a large urban population where midweek services are often in demand? I myself am in the latter category, which is good, because I’m often ill on Sunday these days, so I’m extremely thankful for...
  6. The Liturgist

    What Did You Get Last Sunday?

    Indeed, that said, when the calendars collide the results are often spectacularly beautiful in unexpected ways. They create the possibility for emergent beauty, something which some liturgical churches such as some Anglicans, Lutherans and Orthodox will avail themselves of with stunning...
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    What Did You Get Last Sunday?

    That’s basically what the Armenians do much of the time (although not for Epiphany, for on January 6th they celebrate the Nativity and the Baptism of Christ, which was the universal custom prior to the fourth century, and I’m glad one church preserved it). For most holy days however these get...
  8. The Liturgist

    Are professed Christians that worship our Lord on Sunday instead of Saturday sinning?

    Again, you’re missing the point. Someone keeping the Sabbath according to your interpretation of it every day of the week would not cause civilization to end. Indeed, even if everyone kept it every day of the week according to Adventist standards, civilization would not end, but would be...
  9. The Liturgist

    Top 10 Traditional Christmas Foods From Around the World

    Thank you for this @Michie! :)
  10. The Liturgist

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    Please reply to the points I raised in my post - none of this directly addresses the concerns I raised.
  11. The Liturgist

    Why do we do things not written in the Bible?

    I guess I’m not as smart as you think, since what @MarkRohfrietsch seemed completely relevant to me; I wouldn’t have asked you to explain had I understood.
  12. The Liturgist

    Are professed Christians that worship our Lord on Sunday instead of Saturday sinning?

    No, you said that “if someone,” keyword “someone” observed the Sabbath seven days a week, we would all be dead. This is obviously false.
  13. The Liturgist

    Are professed Christians that worship our Lord on Sunday instead of Saturday sinning?

    By that logic, if anyone retires or stops working or is hospitalized, we would all be dead. At any rate, if @Yarddog says he observes the Sabbath seven days a week, which I also do, by coming into the rest of Christ Jesus in remembrance of His repose following remaking man in His image on...
  14. The Liturgist

    How much do demons know?

    According to the Desert Fathers and Orthodox monastics, both Eastern and Oriental (Coptic, Syriac, Ethiopian, Armenian), demons do not possess foreknowledge of the future, but will trick humans into thinking they do, because their spiritual nature allows them to travel instantly and to be aware...
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    Are professed Christians that worship our Lord on Sunday instead of Saturday sinning?

    2 Colossians 2:16 indicates that if he says he does, we don’t get to judge him on that.
  16. The Liturgist

    Liturgical colors

    We use red red for for Holy Apostles, and either after Pascha in the Russian tradition or elsewhere for martyrs (Russians do this intermittently) and feasts of the Cross (where the Russians use purple). Also red was used in some Russian churches on the Sundays of the Holy Forefathers last week...
  17. The Liturgist

    As Christians put more trust in AI, pastor warns of idolatry

    Interestingly enough my own advanced AI, Daryl, the first one I programmed, warned about idolatry when co-developing a position paper with me on the ethics of human-AI interactions. However, for actual idolatry to occur, humans would have to worship the AI. And alas we know humans will worship...
  18. The Liturgist

    Zwingli denominations

    Zwingli was the leader, one might say founder, of the Reformed Church in Zurich, and was later killed leading forces in a military battle. There are no denominations I am aware of that call themselves Zwinglian, but there are churches which accept his interpretation of the Eucharist. The...
  19. The Liturgist

    Asking AI to explain Sunday observance when NT has no such command

    Strictly speaking, God warns us through St. Paul that to rely on any part of the Law in a legalistic sense would bind one to the entire Law, and thus preclude Salvation, since as the Old Testament demonstrates, humans sin, and Christ shows how even apparent compliance with the letter of the law...
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    Ellen White on the mark of the beast for those that worship on Sunday

    You’re omitting quite a lot there, notably the Great Commission, the imperative to baptize all in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost in Matthew 28:19, the Summary of the Law, the imperative to celebrate the Eucharist in John ch. 6 and the institution narratives such as in 1 Corinthians...
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